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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Federal Judge Rules Health Law Violates Constitution — A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that requires Americans to obtain commercial insurance, evening the score at two-to-two in the lower courts as the conflicting opinions begin …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Judge uses Obama's words against him — **FILE** President Obama talks about his health care plan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, N.H.(Associated Press) — In ruling against President Obama's health care law, federal Judge Roger Vinson used Mr. Obama's own position …
Ezra Klein:
GOP judge rules against Affordable Care Act — Roger Vinson, the second Republican judge to rule on the constitutionality of the individual mandate, has, as expected, ruled against it. More surprising is that he's decided that the presence of the mandate means the rest of the law must be overturned …
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Ezra Klein:
What happens if conservatives succeed in undermining the ACA? — The legal theory currently in vogue in conservative circles holds that the Constitution's vision of “a central government with limited power” — to use Judge Vinson's phrase — permits the government to establish …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
The Extreme Activism Of Judge Vinson — For most people, an “activist judge” is one whose opinions they don't agree with. But Judge Vinson's ruling today — that the entire health care law must be voided because he found one provision unconstitutional — really meets an indisputable definition of “activist.”
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Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog:
Judicial Activism and the Affordable Care Act — Today, a judge in Florida issued a decision in a case filed by 25 Republican Attorneys General and Governors striking down the Affordable Care Act. This ruling is well out of the mainstream of judicial opinion.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Florida Judge Voids Entire Health Care Law — A federal district court judge in Florida ruled today that a key provision in the new health care law is unconstitutional, and that the entire law must be voided. — Roger Vinson, a Ronald Reagan appointee, agreed with the 26 state-government plaintiffs …
Ilya Shapiro / Cato @ Liberty:
Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare
Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare
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Tom Brown / Reuters:
Judge strikes down healthcare reform law
Judge strikes down healthcare reform law
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Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Rejects Health Law
Judge Rejects Health Law
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner ‘still pissed’ about public option
Rep. Weiner ‘still pissed’ about public option
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Michelle Malkin:
Unconstitutional: Florida judge strikes down Obamacare mandate …
Unconstitutional: Florida judge strikes down Obamacare mandate …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Yes, but what will Anthony Kennedy say?
The Note:
Unconstitutional: Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform …
Unconstitutional: Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Health Care Reform Struck Down in Florida District Court
Health Care Reform Struck Down in Florida District Court
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Mubarak's Grip on Power Is Shaken — CAIRO — The government of Egypt's authoritarian president, Hosni Mubarak, shook Monday night, first as the Egyptian Army declared that it would not use force against protesters demanding his ouster, and then as Mr. Mubarak's most trusted adviser offered to talk with the political opposition.
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Muslim Brotherhood Wants War With Israel — Mohamed Ghanem, one of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, calls Egypt to stop pumping gas to Israel and prepare the Egyptian army for a war with it's eastern neighbor. — Speaking with Iranian television station Al-Alam …
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Income Inequality In The U.S. Is Worse Than In Egypt
Income Inequality In The U.S. Is Worse Than In Egypt
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Poll: Egyptian Public's Views Toward United States Are Much Improved
Poll: Egyptian Public's Views Toward United States Are Much Improved
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The Politico:
Barack Obama braces for Jon Huntsman 2012 bid — The White House expects Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to China, to resign his post this spring to explore a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, top Democrats said. — GOP allies of Huntsman have already begun laying plans …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Jon Huntsman resigns; may run — Jon M. Huntsman Jr., the U.S. ambassador to China, sent a resignation letter to President Barack Obama on Monday, the White House said. Huntsman and now is likely to explore a Republican presidential bid, according to supporters.
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
White House prepares for life after Mubarak
White House prepares for life after Mubarak
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Douglas Hamilton / Reuters:
Israel shocked by Obama's “betrayal” of Mubarak — (Reuters) - If Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is toppled, Israel will lose one of its very few friends in a hostile neighborhood and President Barack Obama will bear a large share of the blame, Israeli pundits said on Monday.
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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Inside the White House-Egypt experts meeting
Inside the White House-Egypt experts meeting
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Michael Downey / World Policy Institute:
An Interview with the Brotherhood
An Interview with the Brotherhood
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Bush Child, in a Break, Endorses Gay Marriage — The Bush dynasty is no stranger to generational conflict: father and son differed over deposing Saddam Hussein, raising taxes and the role of the United Nations. — Now it is father and daughter who find themselves at odds over a weighty issue.
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The Official Google Blog:
Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard — Like many people we've been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground. Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service …
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Craigjohnsoncnn / This Just In:
Egypt says it's shutting down mobile phone networks
Egypt says it's shutting down mobile phone networks
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Liberals and the Koch Brothers. — I don't begrudge liberals who want to protest the Koch Foundation, or who feel that it has undue influence on the conduct of politics. But, for my part, I don't see the big deal. Which is to say that this seems like a little much:
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
The uncivil left — Showing no concern for the new civility push …
The uncivil left — Showing no concern for the new civility push …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Koch meeting draws protests
Koch meeting draws protests
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Big Law Firm Takes Down Big Conservative Blogger — I'm late to this, but the story has not received a lot of coverage in the conservative blogosphere. Paul Mirengoff of Power Line blog no longer is of Power Line blog. — Mirengoff is an attorney at Akin Gump, a big law firm …
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Define Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia's Contributor List — In 10 short years, Wikipedia has accomplished some remarkable goals. More than 3.5 million articles in English? Done. More than 250 languages? Sure. — But another number has proved to be an intractable obstacle …
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Dean Baker / The Huffington Post:
Debts Should be Honored, Except When the Money Is Owed to Working People — This seems to be the lesson that our nation's leaders are trying to pound home to us. According to the New York Times, members of Congress are secretly running around in closets and back alleys working up a law allowing states to declare bankruptcy.
Helen Pow / NEWS.com.au:
Generation Y women losing ‘female’ skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing — OUT OF THE KITCHEN: Young women wielding cooking equipment is an increasingly rare sight. — Gender roles now being forgotten — Life too fast and busy for DIY skills — Generation Y less able than others
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Breitbart updates the Pigford story; Update: Video fixed — On Saturday while at the Americans for Prosperity conference in San Diego, I got a few minutes to talk to Andrew Breitbart about the story and the scandal of the Pigford settlements. It's a very complicated story …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
‘Pay China First’ — Republicans' Wild Plan To Avoid U.S. Debt Default — New Republican legislation in the House and Senate would force the U.S. government to reroute huge amounts of money to China and other creditors in the event that Congress fails to raise its debt ceiling.
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Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Republicans Promise Scott Brown Challenge — A Republican organization that backed Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) with independent expenditures and fundraising assistance says it will work to defeat Brown in a Republican primary next year in order to protect the party's brand.
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